Gunnery exercises 1330Z to 1530Z and 1830Z to 2030Z daily 23 and 24 mar in area bound by 44-35N 001-20W,…
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 812/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-03-24 21:30Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AVURNAV BREST 160/22 211200Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-21 09:15Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Bay of Biscay. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2022-03-21 09:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-03-24 21:30Z
- authority
- AVURNAV BREST 160/22 211200Z MAR 22.
- issued by
- AVURNAV BREST
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 44.542, -1.417
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. FRANCE. DNC 08. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 1330Z TO 1530Z AND 1830Z TO 2030Z DAILY 23 AND 24 MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 44-35N 001-20W, 44-35N 001-30W, 44-30N 001-30W, 44-30N 001-20W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 242130Z MAR 22.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
98 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations 301100 to 301400 and 301900Z to 302200Z apr in area bound by 44-35.00N 001-32.00W,…2024-04-26
- Gunnery exercises 180800Z to 181000Z apr in area bound by 47-08.90N 003-26.00W, 47-14.00N 003-08.00W,…2024-04-17
- Gunnery exercises 110600Z to 110800Z and 111200Z to 111400Z apr in area bound by 47-08.90N 003-26.00W,…2024-04-11
- Gunnery exercises 071300Z to 071530Z apr in area bound by 47-08.90N 003-26.00W, 47-14.00N 003-08.00W,…2024-04-05
- Hazardous operations 041500Z to 041800Z and 042030Z to 042300Z apr in area bound by 44-31.00N 001-34.00W,…2024-04-02
- Gunnery exercises 160800Z to 161100Z mar in area bound by 46-07.70N 005-00.00W, 46-20.00N 004-53.80W,…2024-03-16
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:34Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.